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The printing press as an agent of change : communications and cultural transformations in early modern Europe
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The printing press as an agent of change : communications and cultural transformations in early modern Europe

Author: Elizabeth L Eisenstein
Publisher: Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997, ©1979.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Elizabeth L Eisenstein
ISBN: 0521299551 9780521299558
OCLC Number: 46977891
Notes: "Complete in one volume."
Description: xxi, 794 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. Introduction to an elusive transformation. The unacknowledged revolution -- Defining the initial shift ; some features of print culture -- pt. 2. Classical and Christian traditions reoriented ; Renaissance and Reformation reappraised -- A classical revival reoriented : the two phases of the Renaissance -- The scriptural tradition recast : resetting the stage for the Reformation -- pt. 3. The book of nature transformed. Introduction ; problems of periodization -- Technical literature goes to press : some new trends in scientific writing and research -- Resetting the stage for the Copernican Revolution -- Sponsorship and censorship of scientific publication -- Conclusion : Scripture and nature transformed.
Responsibility: Elizabeth L. Eisenstein.

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